Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Regional West Fire Protection District

Jefferson City, MO · Cole County. Regional West Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 36 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

36
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Regional West Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.

Top 33%
national personnel size
+80%
vs. Missouri average
3
stations

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Regional West Fire Protection District

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity F
12 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
36 personnel · 3 stations

Regional West Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Jefferson City, MO (Cole County), with 3 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,452 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,452 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #155 of 659
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Cole County

Regional West Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

36 Top 33% higher than 67% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 02604 · Regional West Fire Protection District, MO 36 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,452
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Lake
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Spring Lake Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MO department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Jefferson City, MO
FDID
02604

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Regional West Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #155 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,452 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 80% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Cole County HIFLD mix around Regional West Fire Protection District

Cole County: 9 departments, 201 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Spring Lake Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.